Hamas releases more hostages in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of the agreement
Hamas freed two hostages on Saturday in exchange for more than 600 Palestinian prisoners as part of fragile Fire Interruption Agreement with Israel.
Men were identified as Tal Shoham, 40, and Avera Menongista, 39 videos showed that two men looked fragile and scared as they took the stage in front of the crowd while belonging to him with a masked weapon. They were handed over to the Red Cross and were on their way to IDF forces.
Additional four soils – Omer Wekert, 23; Omer SHEM TOV, 22; Hisham al-Sayed, 36; And Eliya Cohen, 27 – It was expected to be announced later on Saturday.
Two hostages-Mongist and al-Sayed-civil have been held since they entered Gaza only more than a decade, long before the war, which Hamas’s October prompted October 7, 2023, an attack on Israel, which prompted the army to distract Israeli forces .
This comes since the sensitive agreement on the interruption until a month ago, despite the recent discoveries that the body of the hostage of Shiri Bibasa was initially not returned to Israel as promised by Hamas.
The boy holds a weapon while standing next to the Hamas fighter who stood in a position before handing over four bodies to the Red Cross in Khan Younis, Southern Gazi Strip, on Thursday, February 20, 2025. (AP)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hamas would “pay a full price” because he allegedly handed over the body of the Palestinian woman from Gaza instead of the body of the Israeli hostage. Sons of the hostages – Ariel and Kfir Bibas – Hamas returned Odeed Lifshitz on Thursday.
Late on Friday, Hamas said that the body of Shiri Bibasa handed over to the Red Cross, which confirmed that he had received human remains Inside gauze and transferred them to Israeli authorities. Bibas’s family confirmed their identity early on Saturday.
Terror Group responds after failing to return the body of killed hostages Shiri Bibas
The Red Cross vehicles arrive to collect four bodies with the Hamas militants in Khan Younis, Southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, February 20, 2025. (AP)
Hamas said that “there is no interest in withholding any body in his possession.” A group of terrorism reported that dead hostages were handed over Thursday killed Israeli air attack In November 2023 and that the bodies could have been wrongly identified for bombing in the area.
Shiri Bibas was shown on the poster, who abducted Gaza with his wife and two young sons in Jerusalem on October 7, 2023, on Friday, February 21, 2025. (AP)
The terrorist group also killed Ariel and Kfir Bibas “with their bare hands”, according to the Israeli army, which did not offer evidence to support the claim.
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Supervision of adm. Daniel Hagari claimed that the forensic analysis of the Bibas Boys body showed that Hamas “did not shoot boys,” but “killed them with bare hands” and then “committed horrific ranks to conceal these crimes.” Hagari said Lifshitz was killed by kidnappers in Gaza.
Associated Press contributed to this report.
